Noon Forecast
Situation: Anticyclones are west and north-west of New Zealand and near the Chathams. A shallow trough of low pressure lies over New Zealand. Forecast: Canterbury: Modera t e south-westerlies, turning north-easterly; a few early showers, but becoming mainly fine; moderate.
Buller, Westland: Light or moderate mainly southwesterly winds; cloudy, isolated showers; cooler. Marlborough, Nelson: Moderate early southerlies on the Kaikoura coast, winds otherwise light or modern ate and variable; a few early showers with morn« ing fog or low cloudy otherwise fine. Outlook: Mainly fine.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the j Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. j Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. * Millibars .. 1007.4 1008.2 Temperature: deg. , Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfall: mm. 1 9 a.m. to 11 pjn. Trace To date this month 0 To date this -year . . 756 . To date last year .. * 689 J Average to date ~ 585 Average for Dec. .. 61 Wettest Dec. (1902) .. 202 Driest Dec. (1894) .. 1 Sunshine: hours ! Yesterday: Ihr 42mln , To date this month 2 To date this year .. 1911 To date last year .. 1874 < Average for Dec. .. 205 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 73 Per cent at 6 p.m. Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 17deg, minimum 13deg. grass 13deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 8.54 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets. 8.54 p.m. Moon —Today: Rises, 7.30 a.m.;i sets, 10.31 p.m. Tomorrow:! Rises. 8.32 a.m.; sets, 11.26: p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: I 6.32 a.m. and 6.58 p.m. To-] morrow: 7.30 a.m. and 7.58] pun. Phases of Moon New moon: November 36, 11 p.m.)
First quarter: December 7, t p.m. Full moon: December 13, 1 a.m. Last quarter: December 23. 7 * '‘noon WEATHER Auckland: 2Meg, cloudv ha.e, S.W., 9 knots. Wellington: ISdeg, partly cloudy, N.E., 10 knot’ Christchurch: 17deg, overcast, N.E., 19 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, fog, S.E., 3 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures In the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. —3, 3; Athens, 11, 17; Bangkok, 24, 31; Beirut, 12, 23; Belgrade, 1,3; Berlin, 1,3; Birmingham, —4, 4; Bogota, 1, 21; Bristol, —l, 3; Brussels, 1,6; Buenos Aires, 19, 29; Cairo, 13, 22; Caracas 19, 27; Chicago, —6, 4; Copenhagen, —1 0: Curitiba, 13, 23; Dublin, 4,6; Edinburgh. 1,3; Frankfurt, —2, 1; Geneva, —2, 1; Helsinki. —B, —5; Hong Kong, 15, 19; Honolulu, 19, 29; Jerusalem, 11, 17; Johannesburg, 13, 27; Kiev, 2,5; Lima, 19, 24; London. —l, 5; Loa Angeles. 9 21; Madrid. 4,9; Manchester 0, 3; Manila, 21, 30; Mexico City, 10, 25: Miami, 25, 27; Montreal 0,9; Moscow, —l, 4; Nandi, 19, ; 29; Newcastle, —3, 3; New Delhi, 9. 24; New York, 1. 7; Nicosia 110, 23; Oslo, —lO, —9: Paris, -3, 14; Penzance, 6,7; Rio, 18, 27; Rome, 4. 9; San Francisco, ll] j 17; Sao Paulo, 13, 26; Seoul. 3. [10: Singapore. 23, 31: Stockholm, I —3, —1; Taipei. 13. 18; Teheran, >4, 13; Te Aviv, 11, 22; Tokyo, 21, 130: Toronto, —4, 5; Vancouver .27; Vienna, — 2, 0,
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